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Jason Neil Gillespie

Born: 19 April 1975, Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales
Major Teams: South Australia, Australia.
Known As: Jason Gillespie
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast


Test Debut: Australia v West Indies at Sydney, 2nd Test, 1996/97
Latest Test:
Australia v England at Brisbane, 1st Test, 2002/03

ODI Debut:
Australia v Sri Lanka at Colombo (RPS), Singer World Series, 1996/97
Latest ODI:
Australia v Sri Lanka at Colombo (RPS), ICC Champions Trophy, 2002/03

First-class Debut: South Australia v Queensland at Adelaide, 1994/95

List A Debut: South Australia v Zimbabweans at Adelaide, 1994/95

South Australia Under-19s
Australia Under-19s to India 1993/94 (replaced BA Williams)
Commonwealth Bank Cricket Academy 1995
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 2002

Schools: Cabra College, Adelaide

Career Statistics:

TESTS
 (including 07/11/2002)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave     SR 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding   35   45  13   405   46   12.65  26.29   0   0   10   0

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling            1109.4  300  3386  129  26.24  7-37    6   0  51.6  3.05

ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
 (including 27/09/2002)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave     SR 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding   44   23   7   160   26   10.00  66.66   0   0    1   0

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI   4w  5w    SR  Econ
Bowling             401.3   35  1736   70  24.80  5-22    2   2  34.4  4.32

FIRST-CLASS
 (1994/95 - 2002/03; last updated 09/11/2002)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding   78  101  22  1067   58   13.50   0   3   29   0

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling            2385    641  7061  282  25.03  8-50   12   1  50.7  2.96

LIST A LIMITED OVERS
 (1994/95 - 2002/03; last updated 09/11/2002)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave     SR 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding   73   37  14   221   26    9.60  60.38   0   0    4   0

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI   4w  5w    SR  Econ
Bowling             675.1   60  2823  116  24.33  5-22    5   2  34.9  4.18

- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.


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Though also one of its unluckiest, Jason Gillespie is one of Australia's most talented contemporary fast bowlers.

A player who successfully harnessed the combination of accuracy and fearsome pace almost immediately upon first appearing in state ranks late in the 1995-96 season, the rangy paceman was earmarked for bigger things from very early in his first-class career. That dream was duly fulfilled when he was selected as a member of Australia's World Cup squad in 1996 and then when he made his international debut in the Titan Cup in India later the same year. Further evidence of his capacity to acquit himself successfully at the elite level came when he took the field for two Tests in the home series against the West Indians in the 1996-97 season.

Ominously, however, he incurred a serious back strain in his second Test, and the subsequent development of stress fractures in that part of his body was then compounded by the onset of a series of ankle injuries. Other niggling injuries also beset him on a consistent basis for the following two years. And, just when he looked set to end his debilitating streak of misfortune, came the breaking of his leg and the weakening of his wrist in the infamous on-field collision with Steve Waugh in September 1999 in a Test at Kandy.

For all of those freakish brushes with injury, though, Gillespie has already captured more than 120 Test wickets and has maintained a reputation for himself as one of Australia's most talented players. His no-nonsense and level-headed approach to the game, thundering speed with the ball and ability to move it both ways, as well as his defiant qualities as a lower order batsman, have combined to ensure that he has remained highly respected by his peers, as well as by commentators and fans across the world. (John Polack, June 2002)

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